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Emotional Immaturity Leads to Spiritual Immaturity

Emotional Immaturity Leads to Spiritual Immaturity. Emotional Immaturity Leads to Spiritual Immaturity. The Road to Emotional Maturity. What Does Spiritual Maturity Look Like? Why Does It Matter?. Psalm 139:23-24. Search me, O God, and know my heart;

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Emotional Immaturity Leads to Spiritual Immaturity

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  1. Emotional Immaturity Leads to Spiritual Immaturity

  2. Emotional Immaturity Leads to Spiritual Immaturity • The Road to Emotional Maturity. • What Does Spiritual Maturity Look Like? • Why Does It Matter?

  3. Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. -Psalm 139:23-24

  4. Rusty Saw

  5. Heart Surgeon

  6. Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. -Psalm 139:23-24

  7. The Road to Emotional Maturity

  8. Life Situations

  9. “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”   - James 1:2-4

  10. Steps to Emotional Maturity • Humble yourself and ask the Lord to reveal areas of immaturity.

  11. Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. -Psalm 139:23-24

  12. Steps to Emotional Maturity • Humble yourself and ask the Lord to reveal areas of immaturity. • Be willing to confront these areas. • Let go of your past.

  13. Box My Past

  14. Steps to Emotional Maturity • Humble yourself and ask the Lord to reveal areas of immaturity. • Be willing to confront these areas. • Let go of your past. • Believe the Bible.

  15. Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. -Romans 8:28

  16. Steps to Emotional Maturity • Humble yourself and ask the Lord to reveal areas of immaturity. • Be willing to confront these areas. • Let go of your past. • Believe the Bible. • Break old habits.

  17. Romans 8:28 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. -Proverbs 3:5-6

  18. Steps to Emotional Maturity • Humble yourself and ask the Lord to reveal areas of immaturity. • Be willing to confront these areas. • Have an intimate relationship with the Lord. What does it look like? • Nothing is hidden. • Complete trust.

  19. Until you have an intimate relationship with the Lord you will never be able to have a truly intimate relationship with another person. Our relationship with the Lord is supposed to be the model for how we handle our human relationships.

  20. What Does Spiritual Maturity Look Like?

  21. What Does Spiritual Maturity Look Like? • Everything is no longer all about you. • You read the Bible to learn more about Jesus, not how to answer your current crisis. • You no longer filter things through broken emotions. • You long to spend time with the Lord. • You’re able to see things with a spiritual perspective, not an earthly one.

  22. What Does Spiritual Maturity Look Like? • Everything is no longer all about you. • You come to church to serve, instead of just being fed.

  23. When you’re hanging on by a thin thread, the last thing you want to do is serve someone else.

  24. What Does Spiritual Maturity Look Like? • Everything is no longer all about you. • You come to church to serve, instead of just being fed. • You begin to pray with no strings attached.

  25. God, do this… God, give me… God, do it this way…

  26. What Does Spiritual Maturity Look Like? • Everything is no longer all about you. • You come to church to serve, instead of just being fed. • You begin to pray with no strings attached. • You ask the Lord what you can do for Him, instead of asking what He can do for you.

  27. Ask not what the Lord can do for you, but what you can do for the Lord.

  28. Why Does It Matter?

  29. Why Does It Matter? This current generation is a mess.

  30. Makaveli

  31. Crown of Thorns Vote now for who looks better in a crown of thorns

  32. If you’re wondering what a society full of broken, self-seeking people looks like, just look around.

  33. S.O.S. Our culture is sending out an S.O.S.

  34. REVIVAL! There is only one solution…

  35. Before we can experience corporate revival, we must experience personal revival.

  36. Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. -Psalm 139:23-24

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